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kuṟiñci

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  • South Asian arts
    / Śaṅgam literature

    , the kuṟiñci genre, in love poetry, which dealt with the lovers’ clandestine union on a hillside by night; and the veṭci genre, in heroic poetry, which dealt with the first onset of war, by nocturnal cattle stealing. Both kuṟiñci and veṭci are names of flowers that…

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    , the kuṟiñci genre, in love poetry, which dealt with the lovers’ clandestine union on a hillside by night; and the veṭci genre, in heroic poetry, which dealt with the first onset of war, by nocturnal cattle stealing. Both kuṟiñci and veṭci are names of flowers that…

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